Quilters Cache Patterns
#1
Quilters Cache Patterns
I haven't used Quilters Cache for a while and when I go there now I find the patterns are a GIF image scaled at various sizes less than 100%.
Even if I tell it to print at 100% it still prints out at less. I'm sure I used to just print them out at 100% without any problems. What am I doing wrong?
Even if I tell it to print at 100% it still prints out at less. I'm sure I used to just print them out at 100% without any problems. What am I doing wrong?
#2
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: in the sticks of PA
Posts: 2,313
If this is the case it must have happened in the last few months because I printed a block out and it definitely was a 100% scale. I am sorry to say I wouldn't know how to fix it since you said you are printing at the correct size. Maybe have someone else print out the block your looking for to see if there is a problem with your printer?
#3
Power Poster
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 11,276
They have some info on printing in their FAQ page. Don't know if it will help.
http://www.quilterscache.com/FAQ.html
Are you printing directly from the website? If so, you might want to save it to your hard drive, then print it from there.
http://www.quilterscache.com/FAQ.html
Are you printing directly from the website? If so, you might want to save it to your hard drive, then print it from there.
#4
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 9,782
If they have already scaled the image down, you may have to make it more than 100% to make it larger. The 100% is 100% of the image size. If its already been made smaller, it won't print in the original large size. As PaperPrincess said, you might need to download it to your computer and see if its the original size there or if you need to manipulate it.
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Walton Hills, OH
Posts: 828
This may help. Print out what Quilter's Cache is giving you. Should you require a larger size, go to the Proportional Scale and find the percentage of the enlargement needed. Quilter's Cache size: 5", need finished size 7" = enlarge 141%.
I'm taking it for granted that every quilter has a proportional scale. If not, it is an inexpensive tool found at art and office supply stores. Invaluable!
I'm taking it for granted that every quilter has a proportional scale. If not, it is an inexpensive tool found at art and office supply stores. Invaluable!
#9
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Belen, NM
Posts: 1,353
I have a little check box on my printer set-up that scales the material for printing when it is checked. I don't know what your printer interface is like, but you might check to be sure that you are not allowing your printer to scale the pattern.
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